One-word term for fine sand like in sand clock?

boron · Jul 7, 2016

Is there any one-word term for the fine sand as found in sand clocks or on the beach?

I was intending to use such term for the description of a sand-like material in the gallbladder, officially called gallbladder sludge.

MaeZe · Jul 7, 2016

Also called biliary sludge, but why not use it's actual name?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11276386

boron · Jul 7, 2016

Because I feel I need to provide further explanation of what the sludge in the gallbladder is. Also, sludge is explained as "mud," but biliary sludge is composed of small crystals, which makes it fine sand. We here have one word for "fine sand," but if this is it, no problem.

Alessandra Kelley · Jul 7, 2016

Stuff finer than sand is silt. If one is being precise there is a distinction between fine sand and coarse silt.

mccardey · Jul 7, 2016

Alessandra Kelley said:
Stuff finer than sand is silt. If one is being precise there is a distinction between fine sand and coarse silt.

Also, silt sounds a lot better than gallbladder sludge.

Dennis E. Taylor · Jul 7, 2016

Well, one word for it is actually fines : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fines

King Neptune · Jul 7, 2016

I agree. Say that it is like silt or fines. Silt is a much more common word, and there is a progression from fine sand to the finest of clay particles.

Beachgirl · Jul 7, 2016

Living 10 minutes from one of the best beaches in the U.S., with some of the whitest, finest sand you will find on any beach, we fondly call it powder. It literally feels like baby powder and is so fine it actually squeaks when walked on.

boron · Jul 8, 2016

Silt sounds perfect.

mccardey · Jul 8, 2016

boron said:
Silt sounds perfect.

I have spent most of today trying to find a way to use gallbladder sludge in a sentence. Just to Amaze My Friends.

Still working on it.

Dennis E. Taylor · Jul 8, 2016

mccardey said:
I have spent most of today trying to find a way to use gallbladder sludge in a sentence. Just to Amaze My Friends.

Trump is a mass of gallbladder sludge.

I win.

shakeysix · Jul 8, 2016

Gunk?

Cath · Jul 8, 2016

*coughs politely* Back to answering the question, please?

Old Hack · Jul 8, 2016

Aggregates are named according to their particle size.

Sand is usually 2mm to 0.06mm.

0.06 to 0.002mm is silt.

Below that, it's clay.

This comes from my husband, who is a Chartered Minerals Surveyor, and who can talk geology with the best of them.

boron · Jul 9, 2016

OK, interesting. This biliary sludge would then still be sand.

One-word term for fine sand like in sand clock?

boron

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MaeZe

boron

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Alessandra Kelley

Sophipygian

mccardey

Dennis E. Taylor

Get it off! It burns!

King Neptune

Beachgirl

Not easily managed

boron

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mccardey

Dennis E. Taylor

Get it off! It burns!

shakeysix

blue eyed floozy

Cath

The mean one

Old Hack

Such a nasty woman

boron

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